Impeqved animal-tbaf



@eine tatea atentiffira BENJAMIN r. HANCOCK, OF MONROE, WISCONSIN.'

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Leners Patent' No. 77,137 ma Api-iz 2e, 189e.

@tige gata-nte nimh n in tipa teitat @that adattamenti ai tige stmt To ALL WHOM'IT'MAY OONOERN:

' Be itknown that I, BENJAMIN F. HANCOCK, of Monroe, Green county, Wisconsin, have' invented certain' new and useful Improvements inAnimal-Traps.; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and I exact description of the-construction and operation of the same, reference heingvhadjto the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-fl .Figure 1 is a perspective view in which the frontfis shown; Figure 2,. a perspective view in which the rear is shown.

Figure 3, a horizontal sectiouon red line my.

Figure 4 is a. side viewlwith the side removed, showing theiliterior. Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures. i i

My linvention relates `to that class ofy trapshaving two apartments or moregfs constructed that the'animal having beencaught in'one, in passing into another; resets the trap.

Letter A indicates the sides of the trap, which 'may be made 'of wood, either' 'square or oblongin form, and

in 'size adapted to the animal to he caught.

l The top ofthe trap is secured bythe wood covering B and the inetallic'rods 6. i C is a partition, having an opening in it,l dividing the trap into two compartments.. f

The lower part of .the front end 'ofthe trap is made vopen' to admit the entrance of the animal. A door, F,

ofv suiiicie'nt length, and ofV such width that-whendown itwi'll stand at ran angle efabout forty-tive degrees with the'bet'toui of the trap,y isfh'inged, at t t', tothe i'frontoi thetrrp'." `AThis door opens upwards and inwards.l The remainder of th/e open space in thefront ofthe trap, andl also the open space at the end ofthe door, aresecnrcdx by thcupright rods'a.V Through these rods the'animal veanreadily seethe hait.

The construction ofthe door F is'sueh'that if by mistake the, trap should not be set, thev animal, seeingl the bait, can easily enter the trap by gently pressing againstand raising thedoor Fi In this respect this trap is believed tohave ai'. advantage over all others.l Thisidoor is held open by means of a. rod Orwire, sc b'en'tthat it has two 1-rmsone,h, perpendicular, the other,"n, horizontal, andpivotedl at y'. The upper end of 7i has notches to reeeiveth'eedge of the door, and the 'arm n extends under the platform G-,and is bentorbowed so that it rests upon a spring, mrwhich pressesthe arm It against the edge of' the door. The platform G is hinged to the'partitionG, and may be secured, so that it cannot beraisbby. means of the catch 1. lOver the 'platform is the bait-hook. The animal passing to the baitmust stepupon .the platform .Gr, which,ineair the front, rests u'pcn the arm n,.andth is arm n being,r pressed downby the weight of the anima l, removes the armh from the edge of the door, 'and the door falls. A pcrtion of the bottom Oi" the trap may be cutaway to permit the free operation of `the platform andspring.

In many traps, the spring used is so located within the trap, that it bccomcswenand is soon spoiledby; rust. The location of the spring'in this 'trap will "obyiate this diiculty The door'Fmay'be made whole, as

shown, or-it may be made in part of bars like theinnerdoor orgatef,

.A wire havngtwo'arms, Aclfand o, as shown, is lp ivoted, at c; to the' inside vofthe trap -on the'sidc opposite the platforin.4 .The armois again bent,a s shown at s, and extends outside of' the'door F; and this door, when.

down, isagainst the bent portion of thenarin 0,'marked's. "The'Other-end of this' wircisprovided with a hook a's shownjat r.' fi s` agate, 'ma de Oi' `wire, p'rppe'rly secured. This'ga'te is pivoted by the rod g, or otherwise, near the top ofthe 'opening .between thetwo'compartments, ivhil'c the points of the Wires rest-On the bottom of the trap atsorne distance from thesaid opening, andin the further compartment, Dl-isa partial partition to prevent the passage of th'canimal back in'tothe rstapartmeiit'. 'e isone of the wires'of the gatef, extended,

and passes through 'the 'hook r. The animal passing from the rst intothe second apartment, raises the gate f. The lever` c, acting upon the lever d o, raises the door F, und resets the trap.' -Theanimal can be removed from the' trap through the slide-door E. At the openings, a metallic'protector, z', may housed.

`Havingthusi'ullydescribed my invention, what I desire to secure by- Ltters Patent, and claim as new', is#- The door F, rod or trigger 7;, spring m, platform (hand rods c Z and c,all construeted, arr an'ged,and operated, substantially as and furthe purpose described. I Y l BENJAMIN F. HANCOCK,

Witnesses:

SPENCER H. SMITH, 

